Correction to: Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02334-w, published online 12 May 2025.

Glaciers are retreating under climate change and generating excessive meltwater. A modelling study shows that regrowing glaciers may lead to water scarcity in the centuries after overshooting the +1.5 °C temperature target.

Understanding tipping points is essential for governing systemic risks in the Earth system and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon future. Kopp and colleagues1 raise important questions about the conceptual clarity and practical utility of tipping points research. While we welcome these questions and share their commitment to precise language and careful scientific communication, we worry that

In their study, Andrew Hoffman from Columbia University in the USA and colleagues from the GHOST project team used satellite data in combination with image segmentation methods and crevasse modelling to quantify changes in surface crevasses in the Amundsen Sea embayment between 2015 and 2022. They find that crevasses have grown on Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers and now extend further inland than

Understanding citizens’ views on who is responsible for climate action helps clarify their expectations around climate commitments and responses. However, little is known about how responsibility is perceived across low- and middle-income countries, particularly in Africa. Without clear attribution of responsibility, growing climate vulnerability and risk cannot be effectively or equitably addressed

Ariel Ortiz-Bobea of Cornell University, USA, and colleagues quantified the public R&D growth needed to compensate for the future climate change impacts on US agricultural productivity. First, based on historical data, they used econometric models to quantify the effect of R&D spending and weather fluctuations on national agricultural total factor productivity (TFP). Then they estimated that, to offset

Rivers play an important role in the transport and alteration of sediment and organic carbon. Yet, the role of floodplains in terrestrial carbon storage is poorly quantified as rivers vary in their erosion rates, transport and deposition of sediment, influenced by meanders, width and depth, among others. To better understand what controls the timescales for carbon and sediment storage in river floodplains

Many voices are needed in the climate change discussion to reach across society. Pope Francis is one example who offered his voice and support, in the conversation that needs to continue.

It has long been recognized that the highest-emitting regions should bear disproportionate responsibility for climate action. Now, a study shows how the highest-income individuals have specifically contributed to climate impacts worldwide.

Correction to: Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02294-1, published online 24 March 2025.

The desirability of demand-side options depends on their mitigation potential and well-being implications. Work from the IPCC suggests that demand-side mitigation is estimated to reduce emissions by 40–70% in end-use sectors while being consistent with similar or increased levels of human well-being1. Based on a cost–benefit case study from Beijing, China, Tan-Soo et al.2 show that eight out of 12

replying to S. Berger & F. Creutzig Nature Climate Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02330-0 (2025) We are deeply grateful to Berger and Creutzig1 for their thorough review of our study and for providing insightful critiques. Upon careful consideration of their comments, we identify two primary criticisms, which we address individually below.

Moving towards net-zero carbon emissions reduces reliance on fossil fuels but requires geographically concentrated materials for clean energy technologies. Now research finds countries can reduce emerging materials risks by expanding trading partnerships.

Interpersonal communication plays a crucial role in shaping climate change beliefs, knowledge and willingness to take action. However, many Americans refrain from discussing climate change even within their close circles. In particular, farmers’ voices have often been overlooked in climate change narratives, despite their direct exposure to climate-related impacts. Hong Tien Vu and colleagues from

Xiaochao Yu from the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences and colleagues from China used reanalysis datasets and multi-model simulations to isolate the effects of various anthropogenic forcings on VWS over the western North Pacific basin during 1979–2014. They showed an increase in TC intensity, coupled with a decline in VWS, primarily due to the weakening of upper-level winds (200 hPa level)

Raed Hamed from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and colleagues used a storyline approach invoking factual conditions (1 °C warming) and counterfactual scenarios without warming and with 2 °C warming to isolate the specific impacts of climate change on soybean losses. They attribute 35% of the global 2012 soybean deficit to climate change, with losses driven by both warmer temperatures

Regulations to improve firms’ energy efficiency are essential to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector, especially for developing countries. However, such policies could suffer from spillover effects along ownership networks, allowing conglomerates to mitigate the regulatory impact by distorting allocations of production among their affiliates. Such shifts would undermine the

Climate change and climate action are socially and politically divisive topics in many countries. In addition to contributing to political disparity, climate research is also affected by political context, with consequences not only for scientists but for society as well.

The Comment by Schipper et al.1 offers a crucial perspective on the emotional strain climate scientists face as they confront the accelerating climate crisis. It highlights how climate scientists experience feelings of despair, anxiety, sadness and worry, yet hesitate to communicate these emotions due to the prevailing norm that rigorous science should be objective, value-free and apolitical — essentially

Cities have historically benefitted from coastal access, but sea-level rise may turn this advantage into a vulnerability. Government investment should account for future climate risks.

Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C requires aggressive climate pledges, but their impact on land-use strategies remains underexplored. Now, a study reveals that these commitments may drive large-scale cropland loss, intensifying food security risks, especially in the global south.

Forest restoration and management have huge potential to contribute to climate, biodiversity and sustainability goals; and countless projects to plant trees and conserve forests are underway on the African continent. Unfortunately, forest management and governance are plagued by policies and practices handed down from colonialism that impede innovation and progress. To colonial powers, natural forests

The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction, the decision to implement the ban challenges norms and conventions that drive fossil-fuel consumption worldwide and sets an example for other governments to follow.